---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dorchester County - Alcoholic Beverages - Beer and Wine Festivals"
description: "Dorchester County - Alcoholic Beverages - Beer and Wine Festivals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 297"
citation: "Maryland HB 297 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills", "Alcoholic Beverages Licenses", "Alcoholic Beverages - By Subdivision", "Dorchester County", "Fairs", "License Commissioners", "Boards of", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dorchester County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92d85158-4fd1-4235-a5f5-58f368e0d2d5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB297&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "9a493b32421192bc3d62356c4b5cab12c5e72b547219bca35dcdba684b02a47f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland HB 297 (2018) — Dorchester County - Alcoholic Beverages - Beer and Wine Festivals

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0297f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dorchester County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-22** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-06** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-08** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-02** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 54 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92d85158-4fd1-4235-a5f5-58f368e0d2d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).